Reacting to Israel’s killing this morning of two young Palestinian men in Tulkarm, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Israel’s sense of impunity encourages it to commit crimes against the Palestinians. The Prime Minister offered his condolences to the families of Samer Shafiee and Hamza Kharyoush, both 22 years of age, who were killed by the occupation forces during an assault on the northern West Bank city. ‘The martyrs Shafiee and Kharyoush are two new victims of organized terrorism practiced by the occupation soldiers against our people, as they carry out their portable crimes with extra-judicial executions, without the slightest care for international laws and humanitarian laws. They are tyrannized by the lust for murder that feeds on the doctrine of burning, erasure, and genocide,’ he said in a statement. Shtayyeh held the occupation authorities fully responsible for what he described as ‘the horrific crimes,’ considering ‘the occupation’s continuation in committing its crimes is a result of the absence of unified international standards, and the perpetrators’ sense of impunity.’ Shafiee and Kharyoush’s funeral was held today in Tulkarm attended by hundreds of people as the city observed a general strike.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)